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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025

NDZ015-040900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      55          71          48          57          35
Temp          85 83 72 65 60 56 59 66 71 68 59 56 52 49 50 54 55 52 46 42 38 35
Dewpt         58 57 56 54 51 53 54 54 53 54 55 54 52 49 48 46 42 41 40 37 34 33
RH            40 41 57 68 72 90 83 65 53 61 87 93100100 93 74 61 66 79 82 85 92
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  W  N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd      18 11 11  9  5  8 10 12 13 13 13 13 16 17 18 18 16 10  8  5  4  3
Wind gust                                         27 29 31 29 26
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          50         100          90           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        1.02        0.42           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S     C  L  L  D  D  D  D  S  S
Tstms                                     S


Date           10/06  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          59      37    61      39    68      47    70      44    65
Temp          54 55   44 38 56 56   44 40 64 63   53 48 66 64   51 45 62 61
Dewpt         35 37   37 35 38 38   37 37 45 47   46 47 52 50   48 45 47 46
PWind dir         W       W     W      SE    SE       S     S       W     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC FW FW CL   CL FW FW CL   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5       5    10       5     5

$$
NDZ033-040900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
121 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      50          65          44          55          31
Temp          86 84 67 59 56 52 56 62 65 61 54 51 48 45 47 52 53 50 41 38 34 32
Dewpt         50 48 46 47 50 50 51 52 52 52 52 49 48 45 45 41 38 36 34 31 31 30
RH            29 29 47 64 80 93 83 70 63 72 93 93100100 93 66 57 58 76 76 89 92
Wind dir       S SW  W  W NW NW  N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  W SW
Wind spd      13  9 10 10 10 10 11 13 13 13 14 16 18 19 19 19 18 12  9  6  5  5
Wind gust                                         28 31
Clouds        FW SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          50         100          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.17        0.80        0.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C  D  D  D  D  L  L
Wind chill                                           37             35       26
Min chill                                            37    37          33    26


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          58      35    62      40    69      44    70      40    64
Temp          53 54 42   36 58 57 44   41 64 63 50   45 66 64 48   41 61 58
Dewpt         33 33 34   32 35 36 36   38 45 46 45   44 45 45 43   41 45 43
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SE     S       S    SW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW CL CL CL   FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0       5     5       5     5

$$
NDZ044-040900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
121 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      49          67          42          54          29
Temp          87 84 67 59 54 51 57 63 67 62 54 52 48 43 47 51 52 49 40 37 34 30
Dewpt         53 49 45 42 45 48 52 53 54 54 53 51 48 43 47 44 41 39 37 35 32 30
RH            31 30 45 53 71 89 83 70 63 75 96 96100100100 77 66 68 89 92 92100
Wind dir       S  S NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd      14 10  8  5  8 11 13 13 13 13 14 17 23 26 23 20 18 11  8  5  4  3
Wind gust                          24 24          33 36 34 31
Clouds        FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          50         100          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.88        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  S  C  D  D  D  D  L  L
Wind chill                                           34 39
Min chill                                            34    35          32    27


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          56      32    62      37    67      42    68      39    64
Temp          52 53 41   33 58 56 42   38 62 62 49   43 65 63 48   40 61 60
Dewpt         35 38 37   33 37 38 37   37 47 49 47   43 48 48 44   40 47 46
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SE    SE       S    SW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW CL CL CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     5      10     5       5     5

$$
NDZ011-040900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      52          66          46          57          34
Temp          82 81 69 60 56 53 56 63 64 59 55 53 49 47 48 53 55 50 44 40 36 35
Dewpt         56 55 56 54 52 50 51 52 52 52 52 50 48 46 46 43 39 37 34 31 30 28
RH            41 41 63 81 86 89 83 67 65 78 90 89 96 96 93 69 55 61 68 70 79 75
Wind dir      SE SE  N NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd       9  8  8 10 10 10 11 11 12 10 11 13 14 17 18 18 18 13 10  9  8  8
Wind gust                                         25 28 29 31
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40          80          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.64        0.20           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  C  D  D  L  L
Wind chill                                                          38 34 30 28
Min chill                                                              34    28
Heat index    82 81
Max heat         83


Date           10/06  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          58      35    58      40    67      45    69      42    61
Temp          53 54   44 36 53 53   43 41 62 62   51 46 64 63   50 43 58 56
Dewpt         30 31   32 32 35 36   36 37 44 46   45 44 48 48   44 40 42 42
PWind dir         W       W     S      SE     S       S    SW       W     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL CL CL   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       0     5       0     5

$$
NDZ037-040900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      60          79          49          57          36
Temp          84 82 75 71 67 63 65 72 79 73 63 60 55 51 52 54 55 51 46 42 39 37
Dewpt         59 59 56 57 57 55 58 58 57 58 56 54 53 51 51 48 46 45 42 39 36 34
RH            43 46 52 61 70 75 78 61 47 59 78 81 93100 96 80 72 80 86 89 89 89
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  W  N NE NE  N  N NE  N NW  N NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd      17 13 18 18 13  9  9  9 11 12 13 12 13 13 19 20 19 12 10  8  6  5
Wind gust        25 32 32 25                      24 24 31 32 29
Clouds        SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          70          80           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.25        0.36           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  S  S
Heat index    84 82
Max heat         84


Date           10/06  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          57      38    58      36    65      46    69      45    64
Temp          53 51   45 39 55 52   41 37 62 60   51 47 66 63   51 46 61 58
Dewpt         34 36   37 36 38 38   35 34 41 43   43 44 52 51   49 46 47 45
PWind dir         W       W    NW      SE    SE       S     S      SW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC FW FW CL   CL FW FW CL   FW FW SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       5    10       5     5

$$
NDZ001-040900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      50          65          45          56          31
Temp          84 81 67 59 55 52 54 62 65 61 55 52 49 46 47 54 55 50 42 39 34 32
Dewpt         51 52 52 51 50 48 49 50 49 49 48 46 43 40 41 39 34 32 30 29 28 27
RH            32 37 59 75 83 86 83 65 56 65 77 80 80 79 79 57 45 50 62 67 78 81
Wind dir       E  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W SW
Wind spd      13 11 13 10  9  8  9 10 12 11 12 14 17 17 19 21 20 16  9  5  5  6
Wind gust                                            27 29    31
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40          70          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.19        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  S  S  L  L  L  L  S  S
Wind chill                                           39             36       25
Min chill                                            39    38          35    25


Date           10/06  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          59      34    64      40    70      43    69      40    64
Temp          54 56   43 35 57 59   47 41 64 65   51 44 64 64   49 41 59 59
Dewpt         31 30   31 32 35 36   36 37 43 44   45 42 45 43   42 39 42 42
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SE     S       S     W       N    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW CL   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     5       5     5

$$
NDZ021-040900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      50          66          45          57          32
Temp          87 82 69 61 56 53 58 64 66 61 55 52 49 46 49 53 55 50 42 39 36 33
Dewpt         54 56 56 54 52 50 52 52 51 53 52 50 49 46 46 43 39 37 35 32 32 30
RH            32 41 63 78 86 89 80 65 58 75 90 93100100 89 69 55 61 76 76 85 89
Wind dir      SE  S SE NW  N  N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd      14  9  5  8  9 10 11 12 13 11 12 13 16 18 18 18 17 12  9  6  5  5
Wind gust                                         28 31 31 29 27
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          50          90          70           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.11        0.61        0.25           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  L  L  D  D  L  L
Wind chill                                           38             36
Min chill                                            38    39          34    28
Heat index       82
Max heat         85


Date           10/06  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          58      35    60      38    67      44    69      42    63
Temp          53 54   42 36 55 56   43 39 63 63   50 45 65 63   50 43 60 58
Dewpt         31 33   35 34 35 36   37 37 44 47   45 44 48 48   46 42 43 43
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SE     S       S    SW      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   FW FW FW CL   CL FW FW CL   FW FW SC SC   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       5     5       0     5

$$
NDZ043-040900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
121 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      47          65          41          54          29
Temp          90 83 65 58 53 50 55 61 65 62 53 50 46 42 46 51 52 49 40 36 33 30
Dewpt         43 43 41 43 46 48 51 52 53 54 52 49 46 42 45 41 38 37 35 34 31 30
RH            20 24 41 57 77 93 86 72 65 75 96 96100100 96 68 59 63 82 92 92100
Wind dir       S  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW
Wind spd      14 12 10  8  9 10 12 13 14 13 16 18 21 24 21 20 18 13  9  5  5  5
Clouds        FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          50         100          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.16        0.71        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  C  C  D  D  D  D  L  L
Wind chill                                        38 32 38          34       24
Min chill                                            32    33          31    24


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          57      33    62      38    68      42    69      39    65
Temp          52 54 40   34 58 58 42   39 63 63 48   43 64 63 46   40 60 60
Dewpt         34 37 37   33 35 37 36   38 46 47 45   43 46 45 42   40 45 44
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SE     S       S     W      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW CL CL FW   FW CL FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0      10     5       5     5

$$
NDZ045-040900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            Mon
CDT 3hrly     16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      56          68          49          54          38
Temp          82 79 71 67 61 57 60 65 68 64 58 55 52 50 50 51 52 50 45 43 40 38
Dewpt         60 58 54 52 50 51 55 56 56 56 56 55 52 50 50 47 45 42 40 38 36 34
RH            47 49 55 59 67 80 84 73 65 75 93100100100100 86 77 74 82 82 85 85
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W
Wind spd      14 13 16 13 10 10 12 13 16 14 18 18 20 23 21 21 18 12 10  9  8  5
Wind gust                                               34 32 28
Clouds        FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          30         100          80           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.85        0.37           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S     C  L  L  D  D  D  D  S  S
Tstms                                     S
Wind chill                                                                34
Min chill                                                              38    33
Heat index    82
Max heat         83


Date           10/06  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
CDT 6hrly     13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19   01 07 13 19
UTC 6hrly     18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Max/Min          55      40    58      43    65      49    66      47    61
Temp          52 51   45 40 55 54   44 43 61 61   54 49 63 60   52 47 58 57
Dewpt         35 39   39 36 38 38   37 38 46 49   48 47 53 53   49 45 49 49
PWind dir         W      SW     W      SE    SE       S     S      SW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW   SC FW CL CL   CL FW CL FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5      10    10       5     5

$$